platform/x86: wmi: linux/wmi.h: fix Excess kernel-doc description warning

Message ID 20231223050656.14068-1-rdunlap@infradead.org
State New
Headers
Series platform/x86: wmi: linux/wmi.h: fix Excess kernel-doc description warning |

Commit Message

Randy Dunlap Dec. 23, 2023, 5:06 a.m. UTC
  Remove the "private:" comment to prevent the kernel-doc warning:

include/linux/wmi.h:27: warning: Excess struct member 'setable' description in 'wmi_device'

Either a struct member is documented (via kernel-doc) or it's private,
but not both.

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Cc: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@gmx.de>
Cc: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>
Cc: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org
---
 include/linux/wmi.h |    2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
  

Comments

Randy Dunlap Dec. 23, 2023, 7:42 p.m. UTC | #1
Hi Armin,

On 12/22/23 22:48, Armin Wolf wrote:
> Am 23.12.23 um 06:06 schrieb Randy Dunlap:
> 
>> Remove the "private:" comment to prevent the kernel-doc warning:
>>
>> include/linux/wmi.h:27: warning: Excess struct member 'setable' description in 'wmi_device'
>>
>> Either a struct member is documented (via kernel-doc) or it's private,
>> but not both.
> 
> Hi,
> 
> i am not encountering this kernel doc warning, but your argument is still valid. I also seem to
> have missed the fact that WMI drivers may want to know whether their WMI data block is setable
> during runtime when i added those kernel-doc comments.

The warning comes from 2 new patches in linux-next.

> Please add a Fixes: b4cc979588ee ("platform/x86: wmi: Add kernel doc comments") tag so that
> this patch can reach the stable kernels. With that addressed, you may also add:
> 
> Reviewed-by: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@gmx.de>

Thanks. patch v2 is on the way.

> Thanks,
> Armin Wolf
> 
>> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
>> Cc: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@gmx.de>
>> Cc: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>
>> Cc: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com>
>> Cc: platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org
>> ---
>>   include/linux/wmi.h |    2 --
>>   1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff -- a/include/linux/wmi.h b/include/linux/wmi.h
>> --- a/include/linux/wmi.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/wmi.h
>> @@ -21,8 +21,6 @@
>>    */
>>   struct wmi_device {
>>       struct device dev;
>> -
>> -    /* private: used by the WMI driver core */
>>       bool setable;
>>   };
>>
  

Patch

diff -- a/include/linux/wmi.h b/include/linux/wmi.h
--- a/include/linux/wmi.h
+++ b/include/linux/wmi.h
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ 
  */
 struct wmi_device {
 	struct device dev;
-
-	/* private: used by the WMI driver core */
 	bool setable;
 };